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On 27-28 February, some 300 policy-makers and practitioners gathered in Milan, Italy, for the official launch of the European Creative Industries Alliance during the Innovation Festival (IF). European Commission Vice-President Tajani was joined by high-level speakers from related initiatives in the discussions on how to better support creative industries in practice.Read more

The European Mobile and Mobility Industries Alliance (EMMIA) was officially launched on 8 March at an event in Brussels. Around 100 representatives from the GALILEO and Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) communities, European venture capital specialists, ICT and cultural tourism stakeholders came together with national and regional policy makers to celebrate this new initiative which will develop more sustainable solutions in the field of mobility supported by mobile services, through better use of current and planned initiatives and enhancing transnational cooperation in this field.Read more

Students, designers, communication agencies and web agencies are encouraged to take part in the 'Put Your Cluster On The Map' Challenge. In this competition, clusters and designers will team up to design the ultimate cluster interface and accompanying visualization.Read more

The C-I Factor Partnership is seeking to establish an expert Advisory Board to support the successful planning and development of its actions to increase the access of Creative Industries Businesses in Europe to relevant sources of finance, in order to achieve their high growth potential.Read more

The key objective of the C-I Factor project is to realize new financial facilities for the Creative Industries by preparing new support and finance instruments and by addressing the perceived challenges and risks of investing in CI businesses.Read more

Co-funded by EuropeanCommision

This initiative is supported by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry and financed under the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) which aims to encourage the competitiveness of European enterprises.